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Estero Llano Grande State Park Butterfly Walks
Species 31 32f 33f 34 35f 36 37h 38 39 40
1 Pipevine Swallowtail BFF 10/30 11/13       2/5      
2 Giant Swallowtail BFF 10/30 11/13             3/12
3 Ornythian Swallowtail BFF                  
4 Checkered White BFF 10/30                
5 Great Southern White BFF 10/30 11/13     1/22        
6 Giant White BFF                  
7 Orange Sulphur BFF                  
8 Southern Dogface BFF 10/30 11/13     1/22 2/5 2/19   3/12
9 WHITE ANGLED-SULPHUR BFF         1/22        
10 YELLOW ANGLED-SULPHUR BFF       1/1 1/22        
11 Cloudless Sulphur BFF 10/30             2/26  
12 Large Orange Sulphur BFF 10/30 11/13   1/1 1/22 2/5   2/26  
13 Lyside Sulphur BFF 10/30 11/13   1/1 1/22 2/5   2/26  
14 Tailed Orange BFF                  
15 Little Yellow BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27 1/1 1/22 2/5     3/12
16 Sleepy Orange BFF                  
17 Dainty Sulphur BFF 10/30                
18 Great Purple Hairstreak BFF                  
19 Silver-Banded Hairstreak BFF     11/27   1/22     2/26  
20 Gray Hairstreak BFF 10/30 11/13   1/1 1/22 2/5 2/19 2/26 3/12
21 Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak BFF   11/13 11/27 1/1 1/22       3/12
22 Dusky-Blue Groundstreak           1/22 2/5   2/26 3/12
23 Clytie Ministreak BFF                  
24 Marine Blue     11/13              
25 Ceraunus Blue BFF 10/30 11/13   1/1          
26 Western Pygmy-Blue BFF 10/30                
27 Reakirt's Blue           1/22 2/5      
28 Fatal Metalmark BFF 10/30 11/13             3/12
29 Rounded Metalmark BFF                  
30 Red-Bordered Metalmark BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27            
31 Red-Bordered Pixie BFF 10/30                
32 American Snout BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27 1/1 1/22 2/5   2/26  
33 Gulf Fritillary BFF 10/30 11/13   1/1   2/5 2/19   3/12
34 Variegated Fritillary BFF 10/30                
35 Julia Heliconian BFF                  
36 Zebra Heliconian BFF   11/13              
37 Theona Checkerspot BFF                  
38 Elada Checkerspot     11/13             3/12
39 Bordered Patch BFF 10/30               3/12
40 Crimson Patch BFF   11/13              
41 Texan Crescent BFF                 3/12
42 Vesta Crescent BFF           2/5     3/12
43 Phaon Crescent BFF 10/30 11/13     1/22     2/26 3/12
44 Pearl Crescent                   3/12
45 American Lady BFF           2/5      
46 Painted lady BFF 10/30         2/5      
47 Red Admiral BFF   11/13 11/27 1/1 1/22 2/5      
48 Common Buckeye BFF 10/30 11/13              
49 Tropical Buckeye BFF 10/30                
50 White Peacock BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27   1/22 2/5 2/19   3/12
51 Malachite BFF 10/30                
52 Mexican Bluewing BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27   1/22 2/5 2/19 2/26 3/12
53 Common Mesta             2/5      
54 RUDDY DAGGERWING BFF                  
55 MANY-BANDED DAGGERWING BFF                  
56 Tropical Leafwing BFF                  
57 Tawny Emperor BFF     11/27            
58 Empress Leilia     11/13              
59 Hermes Satyr BFF   11/13 11/27   1/22 2/5 2/19 2/26 3/12
60 Monarch BFF 10/30 11/13              
61 Queen BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27 1/1 1/22 2/5     3/12
62 Soldier BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27            
63 GUAVA SKIPPER BFF 10/30 11/13              
64 Long-Tailed Skipper BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27            
65 Dorantes Longtail BFF                  
66 Brown Longtail BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27 1/1 1/22 2/5   2/26 3/12
67 White-Striped Longtail BFF                  
68 Potrillo Skipper BFF 10/30               3/12
69 MAZAN'S SCALLOPWING BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27   1/22       3/12
70 Sickle-Winged Skipper BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27            
71 White-Patched Skipper BFF 10/30                
72 Horace's Duskywing   10/30                
73 Mournful Duskywing BFF     11/27            
74 Funereal Duskywing BFF   11/13       2/5     3/12
75 White Checkered-Skipper BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27 1/1 1/22 2/5 2/19 2/26 3/12
76 Tropical Checkered-Skipper BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27 1/1 1/22 2/5 2/19 2/26 3/12
77 Erichson's White-Skipper BFF                  
78 Laviana White-Skipper BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27 1/1 1/22 2/5   2/26 3/12
79 Turk's-Cap White-Skipper BFF                 3/12
80 COMMON STREAKY-SKIPPER                   3/12
81 Common Sootywing BFF 10/30                
82 Fawn-Spotted Skipper BFF 10/30   11/27   1/22 2/5 2/19    
83 Clouded Skipper BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27 1/1 1/22 2/5 2/19   3/12
84 Julia's Skipper           1/22        
85 Southern Skipperling BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27     2/5   2/26 3/12
86 Fiery Skipper BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27 1/1 1/22 2/5     3/12
87 Whirlabout BFF   11/13 11/27 1/1       2/26 3/12
88 Southern Broken-Dash BFF 10/30   11/27 1/1          
89 Sachem BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27 1/1          
90 Common Mellana BFF     11/27            
91 Celia's Roadside-Skipper BFF 10/30                
92 Eufala Skipper BFF 10/30 11/13 11/27 1/1 1/22 2/5      
93 Brazilian Skipper BFF                  
94 Ocola Skipper BFF     11/27            
  totals 84 52 52 30 21 28 29 10 16 31
775 species are found in the US
460 species are found in Texas
315 species are found in the Valley (40% of US, and 70% of TX species)
153 species are found nowhere else in the United States 

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